Film Shoot

Start: 3:00

Finish: 8:00

We finished shooting around 8:00pm, and it took about 5-10 minutes to clean up. We spent 5 long hours filming, but we got everything done! I think it took us so long because Layla, our actress, had injured her leg and was on crutches. We were under the illusion that we were going to be using a broadcast camera so we were put into a position where we couldn't hold off any longer (as we were already quite behind) and had to force Layla to film. She assured us she would be able to film because the role did not include a great amount of walking. Unfortunately, we couldn't use the broadcast camera - we were given a choice of waiting a little while longer or using an ordinary camera. After much thought we decided to carry on and film on an ordinary camera. The students in the other group were already editing, and we didn't want to be even more behind. Fortunately, even though we had a DV camera, Layla still agreed to film.

When filming we had a few setbacks when filming:

- Layla took quite a while to get ready.

- We had low battery after the first half hour of filming.

- Layla needed to rest.

But with every set-back came opportunity!!

- When Layla took several minutes getting ready, we recorded all the sound we needed. This way we didn't waste time, and got it all out of the way and could continue and focus on just filming.

- Everytime Layla needed to rest we put the camera on charge.

- Everytime the camera need to charge, we made Layla rest.

As our setting was relatively small, at times it was difficult setting up shots. Before filming we had to make sure everyone was out of the frame and make sure everyone was quiet. This may have added to the reason why it took so long filming.